Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Dear as thou wast and justly dear
Topic: The New Life/Present and Future
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Dunlap's Creek
Hymn Number: 698
Page Number: 255, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDear as thou wast, and justly dear,
We would not weep for thee:
One thought shall check the starting tear;
It is that thou art free.
And thus shall faith's consoling power
The tears of love restrain;
Oh who that saw thy parting hour
Could wish thee here again!
Gently the passing spirit fled,
Sustained by grace divine;
Oh may such grace on us be shed,
And make our end like thine!